So he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is next to mine and he has barley there—go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Judges 15:3 - Tree of Life Version Then Samson said to them, “This time I am blameless from the Philistines when I do harm to them.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Samson said of them, This time shall I be blameless as regards the Philistines, though I do them evil. American Standard Version (1901) And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief. Common English Bible Samson replied, “No one can blame me now for being ready to bring down trouble on the Philistines!” Catholic Public Domain Version And Samson answered him: "From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines. For I will do harm to you all." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines; for I will do you evils. |
So he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is next to mine and he has barley there—go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Now on the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax your husband so that he will explain the riddle to us—or else we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us?”
But his father and mother did not know that it was of Adonai, for He was seeking a pretext against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
“I thought for sure you had utterly hated her,” her father said, “so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister—isn’t she better than her? Please, let her be yours instead.”
So Samson went and caught 300 foxes, and took torches, turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch between every two tails.